peterelsworth
The Artist as a Young Man Pays Homage to Sir Ernst Gombrich, 2016 (There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.)
Photograph, acrylic and soda can lettering on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
Peter Elsworth
Born Emsworth, Hampshire, England;
lives and works in Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA
peterelsworth2@gmail.com
401-662-0469
Major influences include British Op Art painter Bridget Riley and late American Minimalist Agnes Martin.
During the 1990s showed at two of the late Annie Herron’s galleries in New York: Black+Herron in Soho
and Eyewash in Williamsburg. while working as a graphic artist at The New York Times.
More recent venues include Atelier Newport Gallery and Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, and the Jamestown Art Center.
Education
The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design,
London Metropolitan University, London, 1970-1971
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 1972-1976
McGill University, Montreal, 1976-1979
Columbia University, NYC, 1979-1980
Art Students League, NYC, 1983-1986
Childhood Days, Antique jigsaw puzzle, soda can lettering, Peter Pan mannequin, acrylic, on board, old window frame, 28 x 38 inches/34 x 38 including mannequin,1988-2024.
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